Smart mobile application development platform

Abstract

A method includes receiving user input defining a workflow comprising one or more activities and one or more rules; receiving user input defining a user interface (UI) configured to facilitate a user performing the workflow at least in part using a processor of a mobile device; and generating a mobile software application based on the workflow and the UI. In another embodiment, a method includes: instantiating a mobile application on a mobile device; launching a workflow within the mobile application, the workflow comprising one or more activities and one or more rules; rendering one or more user interfaces based at least in part on the workflow; displaying at least one of the user interfaces on a display of the mobile device; receiving user input via at least one of the user interfaces; and modifying the workflow based at least partially on user input. Systems and computer program products are also disclosed.

Description

PRIORITY CLAIM[0001]This application claims priority to Provisional U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 815,210, filed Apr. 23, 2013 and which is herein incorporated by reference.RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]This application claims priority to U.S. Pat. No. 6,370,277, granted Apr. 9, 2002 (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 206,753, filed Dec. 7, 1998) as well as copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 740,123, filed Jan. 11, 2013; Ser. No. 13 / 802,226, filed Mar. 13, 2013; Ser. No. 14 / 209,825, filed Mar. 13, 2014; Ser. No. 14 / 177,136, filed Feb. 10, 2014; Ser. No. 14 / 175,999, filed Feb. 7, 2014; Ser. No. 14 / 220,016, filed Mar. 19, 2014; Ser. No. 14 / 220,023, filed Mar. 19, 2014 and Ser. No. 14 / 220,029, filed Mar. 19, 2014; and Provisional U.S. Patent Application Nos. 61 / 819,463 filed May 3, 2013; 61 / 883,865, filed Sep. 27, 2013, and 61 / 905,063, filed Nov. 15, 2013, each of which are herein incorporated by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to s...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

However, there is currently no tool available for dynamically developing and employing smart mobile applications capable of adapting to user behavior and / or requirements.

For example, current mobile development platforms and / or mobile applications are incapable of transparently determining an appropriate format for processing and outputting data such that the processed data may be seamlessly passed to and / or processed by a subsequent application or algorithm based on prior user activity; such as a user formatting the output and passing the output to the subsequent application or processing algorithm.

Since users cannot dynamically develop and / or process data using currently-available mobile software tools, in order to implement a new or modified process or application, new development effort is required.

At worst, the desired “new” functionality cannot be implemented due to compatibility issues, process limitations, etc.

The ultimate result is that end users must wait for development and deployment of the new or modified process(es) or application(s), which is undesirable and even may be unacceptable in some situations.

Moreover, while some users may be capable of developing and / or modifying existing software to perform desired functions, the majority of users do not possess the time or technical expertise to customize software products in this manner.

Therefore, valuable input from non-developer users cannot be incorporated into current mobile applications and / or software development platforms without communication between the user(s) and developers, which is inconvenient in some situations and impossible in others.

Ultimately, these constraints exclude many individuals from the development community, frustrating or precluding communication between the development community and end users, as well as unnecessarily restricting the available development resources to individuals having significant technical expertise and / or development experience.

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